Module SSIM908 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SSIM908: Directed Practical Study: Agriculture and Food
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Aims
With the support of the convener, you will play an active role in securing an internship or placement and in defining its objectives. You will inform yourself about the work you will do by producing an annotated bibliography. You will critically reflect on your experience in a mid-term and a final report. Depending upon your career objectives, you may continue work with your host institution, organization or enterprise after the completion of the module, draw upon contacts developed during your placement or internship to secure employment elsewhere upon completion of the course, and/or use your experience to develop questions for future research.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Contribute effectively to the professional activities of an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise 2. Critically assess the functioning of an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Draw upon the field of food studies/food security/sustainable agriculture to inform your work in an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise 4. Critically engage with the field of food studies/food security/sustainable agriculture on the basis of your experience working for an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Identify and successfully propose yourself for employment in agriculture or food-related institutions, organizations and/or enterprises 6. Propose effective forms of innovation within agriculture or food-related institutions, organizations and/or enterprises |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module will begin with convener-led seminars on: securing an internship or placement; the production of an annotated bibliography; issues arising and the production of mid-term reports; and lessons learned and the production of final reports. Following each of these workshops, you will meet individually with the convener for feedback on work in progress.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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10 | 140 | 150 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 8 | 4 x 2 hour Seminars |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 2 | Individual supervision (4 x 30 mins) |
Placement | 150 | Internship/placement |
Guided independent study | 140 | Production of internship/placement proposal, annotated bibliography, mid-term report, and final report |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Draft proposal | 500 words | 5 | Oral feedback in one-to-one meeting |
Draft annotated bibliography | 1500 words | 3-4 | Oral feedback in one-to-one meeting |
Draft mid-term report | 1000 words | 1-4,6 | Oral feedback in one-to-one meeting |
Draft final report | 2000 words | 1-4,6 | Oral feedback in one-to-one meeting |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Proposal | 10 | 500 words | 5 | Written comments to accompany mark |
Annotated bibliography | 30 | 1500 words | 3-4 | Written comments to accompany mark |
Mid-term report | 20 | 1000 words | 1-4, 6 | Written comments to accompany mark |
Final report | 40 | 2000 words | 1-4, 6 | Written comments to accompany mark |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Proposal | Proposal (500 words) | 5 | August/September reassessment period |
Annotated bibliography | Annotated bibliography (1500 words) | 3-4 | August/September reassessment period |
Mid-term report | Mid-term report (1000 words) | 1-4,6 | August/September reassessment period |
Final Report | Final Report (2000 words) | 1-4, 6 | August/September reassessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
Students will develop their own lists of readings relevant to their chosen internships or placements
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/